Phantom of Chinatown

Phantom of Chinatown

194062 min
5.8/10
CrimeMysteryThriller

Plot Summary

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.

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👥Cast (20)

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

James Lee Wong

Lotus Long

Lotus Long

Win Lee, Benton's Secretary

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Police Captain Street

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Charles Miller

Dr. John Benton / Cyrus Benton in Newspaper (as Charles Miller)

Huntley Gordon

Huntley Gordon

Dr. Norman Wilkes

Virginia Carpenter

Virginia Carpenter

Louise Benton

John Dilson

John Dilson

Charlie Frasier

Paul McVey

Paul McVey

Detective Grady

John Holland

John Holland

Mason

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Richard Terry

Toreno

Robert Kellard

Robert Kellard

Tommy Dean

Willy Castello

Willy Castello

Jonas

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Director

Phil Rosen

Writers

George Waggner, Ralph Gilbert Bettison

Producers

Paul Malvern

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💬Reviews (1)

C

CinemaSerf

6/23/2022

This is quite a fun little murder mystery with Keye Luke on good form as "Jimmy Wong" who is brought in by police captain "Street" (Grant Withers) to investigate the murder of a renowned archaeologist who had only just returned from an expedition to Mongolia. Who did what to whom all revolves around the search for a mysterious scroll that he had recovered from a tomb. which may reveal the location of some large oil deposits. It's actually quite well written with plenty of twists and turns and it's not so very easy to guess the culprit until near the end of this short feature. Luke isn't as good as Karloff was in the earlier "Wong" films, but I found him easily as good and entertaining a detective in this as Sydney Toler was in many of the "Charlie Chan" films, in which Luke also appeared.

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